The Payne Tariff Bill Reviewed!
What the Measure Provides for Briefly \
Stated Peculiarity of the Reciprocity
Idea as It Is Embodied In the Proposed j
L AW Tl lc Federal Tax on Inheritances
By JAMES A. EDGER.TOM.
N the whole, the
\J Payne tariff bill
§jk A is a revision
fff , \ downward. There
VPS are heavy cuts on
rifj) iron and steel, lum
■jPfr"*''? Vy ber, wood pulp and
--.J print paper, hidej,
ml,. J coal, various chem-
Mk icals and a smaller
"1 cut cn sugar. There
* s reciprocal free
trade with the Phil
ippines, though tho
MEHII.NO K. PA> NR. AMOUNT of sugar and
tobacco which may be imported from
the islands free is limited. There are
increases on certain items called luxu
ries, including a tax of 8 or 9 cents a
pound on tea, but there is no tax o;i
ooffce. An increase is made in the in
ternal tax on cigarettes. A federal tax
on inheritances is provided, as recom
mended by President Taft.
The apparent reductions of schedules
■nay be much modified cn the actual
workings of the law. The chief source
of these modifications is in the maxi
mum and minimum tariff. The act pro
vides that after sixty days a maxi
mum tariff which is 20 per cent higher
than the regular schedules shall go
Into effect against every country that
does not give us the favored nation
dfause on every item, which, as things
■ow stand, would mean very nearly ev
ery nation except Great Britain. Under
tftis provision the tax on some articles
•supposed to be free by the terms of the
wew law would actually be higher than
«nder the present Dingiey act. Petro
for example, is free, as at pres
ent; but, since Russia, the only coun
try from which we can import petro
leum in large quantities, taxes it, we
ere thus made to tax it also. A similar
effect may be produced on wood pulp
«nd print paper, since Canada now
taxes these products, and by the work
ings of the new law we would likewise
be made to tax them. Thu* the fight
of American newspapers for cheaper
paper will be only half won even if
that section of the Payne bill goes
through as it now stands. The other
half of the fight will have to be won in
Canada, if at all. In like ways this
maximum and minimum provision may
be made actually to raise the tariff on
very many schedules—coffee, for ex
"SALOME TWIST."
Puzzling Curve Perfected by a Base
ball Fitcher.
Tfct* curious pitchers of ha!idol:] are
not satisfied with that now ancient
spit ball, us was proved by Billy Camp
hell, now with the Cincinnati Nation
als. who has Invented a new wrinkle
sailed the "Salome twist." Campbell
fcept his mouth closed about his new
enrve until he went to Atlanta recent
ly. Not long ago he surprised Bunn\
Pearce by flinging it over the platter
Bunny sot nervous as he saw this new
crumple slowly singing through tin
air The ball jumped and twisted
around until poor I'earce's knee*
or ae keel one another. "Talk aboui
your wild and woolly twists," says tli.
backstopper—"this stunt of Campbell'*
ba.> 'em all beaten a block."
The ball appears to be coming eas,
and just right for a three bagger. Whe i
the batter—good. Innocent man—whirl;
Ins willow through the nir to swipe tli
ball across the lot the pill suddenly
sets beside itself that such a mau
should hit it.and in self defense it
begins its cavortlons. First this way
aud then that, the bulls swirls out of
the batter's reach, and his batting
average drops 50 per cent.
This new discovery is rwtalnly a
wonder All the baseball critics and
«port dopers are puzzled greatly. Their
hair stands on end when this ball be
«ius its motions, which so much resem
ble the Salome dance.
Playground on Hotel Roof.
The i'urks and I'laygrounds Associa
tion of the City of New York has a
new playground for children on the
roof of the Waldorf-Astoria. George
C. ISoldt, proprietor of the hotel, has
placed the roof, Including the sun pal
lor aud pine grove, at the disposal of
the association, and Howard Brad
street, secretary of the organization
bas announced that the new plaj
ground will be opened on March "J >
High fences will be built around tin
rout, and apparatus like that in use ii
sther cit.v playgrounds will be installed
tn charge of instructors. Mr. Boldt
will place in commission an addition:!
passenger elevator for the use of the
children in the morning of each daj
Milk at One Cent a Bottle.
P«i ; » ni!IU in sterilized bottles to l
sold in the public schools of Chl -ai
at a cent a bottle was the prop.-
ninde the other day by Mrs Ellen s
Bryant, representing the Chicago V.
man's club aud the Chicago permancn,
■chord extension committee, to the
committee e-> school management. The
plan was enthusiastically approved. If
the board t. education acts favorably
on the recommendation of the commit
tee the first trial of the plan will be at
the Hamllne school, and if the trir.
meets with success the system will je
extended to take In a number of ot!i«r
•chools
Chemical to Clear a Fog.
Jud W. Hurlburt of Burghill, near '
Cleveland, 0., thinks he has discovered
a chemical that will dispel fog, and if
applied to water will prevent fog from
rising. The combination is composed
of several simple ingredients, whoso
float is slight. In fact, 100 pounds will
not cost more than $3 or $4. With 100
pounds an area of 000 feet radius may
be cleared of fog, ho says, the fluid
floating on tho surface of tho water
the same as oil. The limit of area that
may be cleared is dependent only upon
the amount of mixture used.
ample. The peculiarity of the reciproc
ity idea embodied in the proposed taw
is this—that, whereas other nations of
fer a minimum tariff as an inducement
to reciprocity arrangements, we threat
en a maximum tariff as a retaliation.
It is the difference between peace and
war. Another peculiarity is that no
discretion is left in the hands of the
president. The maximum rates go au
tomatically into effect against those
nations that do net favor us. A third
peculiarity is that partial reciprocity,
or reciprocity on a few articles, is pre
cluded. Foreign nations must give us
the benefit on all items if they would
avoid the club of our maximum tariff.
Now, it is not hard to see what tho
practical effect of all this will be. An
the bill repeals present reciprocity pro
visions, a tariff war with nearly all t!>.
nations of continental Europe will prcb
ably ensue, and during that war the
maximum tariff, which on many sched
ules is actually higher than the Dingiey
act, will be in effect.
A second modification of the appar
ent reductions in the Payne bill will
arise from the provision that in certain
cases the basij of value on articles
taxed by the ad valorem method shal'
be the wholesale price of that article
in the United States. Now, in nearly
all cases the American price is much
higher than the foreign price, which is
the basi3 of value now employed. The
effect of this ri6e in valuation will be
to nullify cuts in schedules, just as a
higher assessment on real or personal
property may be made to nullify a re
duction in rates of taxation. All tax
payers are familiar with this principle.
The main reason for the revision of
the tariff at this time, aside from tho
pressure of public opinion, is that tho
present law does not produce sufficient
revenue. Under the new act it is esti
mated there will be an increase of near
ly $50,000,000 annually in receipts. Part
of this will come from the proposed tax
on inheritances, but most of it from
the customs. If the hopes of the meas
ure as a revenue producer are disap
pointed, there is a provision for the
issuance of treasury certificates to re
lieve the strain. It is also provided to
create S4O, COO,OOO worth of Panama
bonds to cover the purchase price of
the canal.
One of the most important sections
of the act to the manufacturing states
NEW ASTRAL LAW.
Boston House Painter Thinks It Will
Revolutionize Chronological System.
Itobert J. Ilodge, a house painter of
Franklin Park, Boston, has Invents!
nn astral calculator based on what he
claims as bis discovery of a new astral
law, which he believes will revolution
ize the world's chronological system.
According to his theories, the season
changes are not caused by the earth s
revolution around the suu, but rath; v
by a yearly revolution of the sun lit a a
orbit apart from the earth and by a
balance motion of the earth on its
equatorial axis.
Ilodge baa traveled across the Unit
ed States, taking observations to veri
fy Ills theory. Under this a calendar
year would consist of exactly 3(>4 days,
with each fourth month, beginning
with March, consisting of exactly tliir
ty-one days, the other eight months of
thirty days, lie has worked out a new
astral calculator lo take his observa
tions.
MACHINE TO DISPERSE FOGC.
Frenchman Uses Hertzian Waves and
Four Huge Blowpipes.
M. Dlbos, a French engineer, ha*
been conducting a series of experi
tnents on the English channel which
have given rise to the hope that New
York harbor may ultimately lie kept
free of fog. Attracted by the English
experiments for dissipating fog by
means of electrical discharges, M. L>i
bos conceived the Idea of a combina
tion of Hertzian waves.
Beneath n powerful Hertzian plain
which emits waves of 40.000 volts lie
placed four huge blowpipes directed to
the four points of the compass. Slmul
taneously with the discharge of tl)
Hertzian waves the blowpipes, each
giving a temperature of 2,000 degree
C.. were lighted, in from twenty t>
thirty minutes a thick fog was dis
pelled over n zone of 200 yards En
couraged by this success, the cxper
tnents will lie continued.
China to Take a Census.
China is about to take a census or
the uncounted millions within her hol
ders. The state department at Wash
Ington h.-is received a copy of an lni|i>
rial edict i; led In accordance with tl>
program ■ i ''.institutional reform <li
recting .<n ••numeration of indlvidutik
and fatui > within the empire. Tb
returns for the census for famine*
must be completed by 1010 atid for in
dividuals by 1912. All Chinese llvin-
In foreign lands must he enumerated
Turkey Raising on an Island.
The Buyers Island farm, located ir.
the Susquehanna river below Sun
bury, Fa., lias been rented and will be
used and conducted as a farm for the
raising of turkeys. The farm has ul
ready been stocked with 100 turkeys
Llanos of Venezuela.
Venezuela received its musical name
from the early Spanish residents, who
saw a resemblance to Venice in the
sites of the inland cities. The llanos,
or bleak plains, on which the ilaneros
live R precarious life, have largely
changed their character since Hum
boldt saw them. Then these great
plains of grass supported innumerable
herds of cattle, but civil war led to
the destruction of the beasts to feed
the Insurgents. The llanos are now
rapidly becotp'ng a potential source of
timber.
is that which provides a drawback cf
taxes paid on raw materials, which raw
materials enter into the manufacture
of articles for export. This will assist
our home manufacturers to compete in
foreign markets.
In detail the changes in schedules
are roughly as follows: There are slight
increases in certain so called luxuries,
including perfumery, toilet articles,
fancy soaps, chicory and substitute;-
for coffee, cocoa and cocoa butter,
spices, feathers, furs, and the like. In
creases are also made on coal tar dyes,
zinc, peau, figs, lemons, pineapples,
mercerized cotton, surface coated pa
pers, lithographs and envelopes. Wocc
pulp is made free when imported froir.
countries that have no export duty
Cheaper grades of print paper are ms
tericlly reduced. A large number cf
drugs and chemicals are cut, while
copperas, licorice, cottonseed oil and
some other articles in kind are p'accu
on the free list.
There is a material reduction in
building materials of almost all varie
ties, including lumber. Perhaps the
most sweeping cut is on iron, steel and
other metal products, which amounts
in most cases to 50 per cent. This is
ons reduction that cannot be greatly
affected by the reciprocity clause.
Sugar is reduced four one-hundredths
of a cent per pound. Agricultural and
food products are cut, some of them
' materially. Wool is left practically un
-1 affected, except carpet wool and top
waste, which are slightly reduced.
Soft or bituminous coal is admitted
free from all countries admitting
American coal free. Hides are placed
' on the free list, which it a greater
• proportionate reduction than that on
' shoes and other leather products.
1 Works of art over twenty years old arc
free.
This is the bill—the lamb led up tu
tho slaughter. What the senate butch
ers will do to it no man can tell. Al
1 ready the sounds of battle are heard.
There is a sharpening of knives, tha
cattlemen of the west are preparing U
' shoot the free hides section full of
holes, and the eastern malefactors of
' great wealth are trimming a big stick
with which to biff the tax on inherit
ances. There is likewise a roar from
the iron and steel men, but the Scotcn
1 burr of Andrew Carnegie is not heard
' in the chorus.
I
! ROAD COACHES' MARATHON.
1 J. E. Widener's Novel Special For Lon
don International Hors>» Show.
The coaching Marathon race for a
11 gold challenge cup offered by Joseph
E. Wldener of Philadelphia as a spe
cial prize iu the international horse
show Olympia of London is the late.-r
concession to the popularity of endur
-1 nnee trials of r. 11 kinds the world over
Mr. Widener's special is announced i
one of the features of the big London
show, to be held June o to 15, covering
nine days for competition.
The Marathon for four-in-hand
coaches is to be from Hampton COUP
to the Olympia ring for judgment
The coaches, which under the conrii
tions are not necessarily road coache
are to leave King's Arms, Hampton
court, each oarrying seven persons, on
the day appointed for Judging and
travel by Busby park, Teddingtou ral :
way bridge. Strawberry hill, Twielce:i
ham. Richmond, East Sheen, Barn--;
common. Hammersmith bridge, to i
show ring. 1 he con. lies are to be Mar.
Ed at intervals in order to be <!• ... i!
I by ballot, this provision to pretrnt in
terference or obstruction of the M I!
and each coach must arrive at Olym
pla within one and a half hours after
the time of its start, the distance to h.
covered being about twelve miles.
| Mexico to Preserve Historic Relics.
The Mexican government has takei
active steps to prevent further despo
liation of her priceless archaeological
treasures by relic hunting Americans
and others Orders have been issued
to all border customs officials not to
allow such articles to leave Mexico.
Street Harbinger of Spring.
When you leave the office building before
the evening's dark.
When you hear the perky robin piping ii
a city park.
Billy robin, cheerful robin, disregarding
i weather dope.
Foolish, optimistic fellow, looking sum
mer ward with hope-
Signs of spring are these, yet. mark you
calendar and bird may cheat.
Certain only is a wallop from a baseball
in the street.
When you have a listless feeling and
lour s your only wish.
When you hanker for the country and n
creek in which to Ib h.
When tru» florist's glowing windows your
dull pavement ways disturb
And tiie grimy, raucous peddler hawks
dim violets from the curb—
These nre signs that spring Is coming
with her footsteps light and fleet.
But surer is a wallop from a baseball ir
the street.
When you read the baseball gossip from
the southern training camps
Don't forgot the city youngsters who *u
far aren't champs.
season bubbles in their blood-10.
lucky you than they—
And the bonds of steel and concrete can
not deaden all their play.
It's the city's surest signal that now th»*
year grows sweet.
8o what's a random wallop from a base
ball in the street?
—We \ JCJSOS In New York America*
And He Probably Did.
| "What can I do," roared the liory
orator, "when I see my country going ,
to ruin, when 1 KC»« our oppressors'
bauds at oar throats, strangling us,
and the black clouds ol hopelessness
obliterate the golden gtin of prosper- ;
Ity? What, I ask—what can I do?"
".Sit downshouted the audience.— ;
New York Times.
Learn to see In another's calamity
the Ills which you should avoid.—Pub
llus Byrvs
Roosevelt's African Hunt
Details of the Former President's Expedition Into the Wilds
of the Dark Continent—Conspicuous Features of His
Camping and Shooting Outfit —Dangers That He
Will Be Exposed to Through Fevers
and Wild Animals.
By JAMES A. EDGEUTON. English and Holland In Dutch? Will
TIIE cureer of Theodore Uoose- mere lions, elephants, rhinoceroses, hlp
velt lins been full of paradoxes, popotainuses and fever swamps be per
but the greatest paradox of all mitted to prevent him from immortal
has now come to light. He la lzhig himself In four languages? Nev
trying to effact himself. He, the high er! Moreover, has he not contracted
priest of self assertion, has suddenly to write Innumerable books about Af
beeome the world's most conspicuous rica, to say nothing of editing the Out
example of self abnegation. It tran- look, and are a few tlies and vapors to
spires that his chief reason forgoing rob the world of this boon? Once
to Africa Is that he may take himself more, never, and, If there were any
out of Mr. Tuft's way. Roosevelt stronger negative, this would be the
wants his successor to have a tree place for it. Here Is betting that
hand, to be his own president. lie Iloosevcit will carry out his program,
will stop the mouths of all those who What he will do after that the Lord
would place the brand "T. It."on the only knows; but, whatever It is, it will
Taft administration. To make sure be interesting,
that their mouths are stopped he will retails of the Expedition,
betake himself to the most inaccessible I{()OSeV( .,t sails from New York
pan of the earth's surface. He will 23 „ n thr steamcr Hamburg,
cut the wires with civilization and Mediterranean route I
bury himself for a year in the African Gibraltar and Naples. There will no
jungle. It has been said that greater anv , ltm |l|s BPf . nnU son> Kcrmlt
love hath no man than th s-thata w „ o ~ lf a crn ,. k „ hot nnd wht>
man lay down his life for his friend, wjn m t nfj , he , )hotog rapher of the es .
but lam not sure. For a man of m , MaJor Kdt;ar A . MearnSt r(v
Itoosevelt B type to efface himself for t|n , (l . offl Mirpi , ou nnd natu .
a friend must be even a greater sacrl- rnl|st . , i, or | nK AW en, who haseollect
ed animals all over the two Americas.
If this was really the determining ant j Edmund Heller, the naturalist and
motive In the African trip, as friends taxidermist, who has been over the
of Roosevelt assert, it Is the greatest ground where the Itoosevelt hunt will
thing he ever did. And for the truth take place. These three scientists will
of It we have not only their word, but represent tl:c Smithsonian Institution,
corroborative evidence. Indeed, there- nnd to its museum practically all tho
fty BY 7ACM SROS wv
BLEEPING TENT TO 1!K I Sl'.li I!
KERMIT, SHOWING THE
fusal to run for a third torn was a
proof In itself. So was the tactful ami
considerate net of letting Taft ride
back to the White House alone. Not
without bearing, too. Is Mr. Roosevelt's
firm stand that he will not be inter
viewed or allow his picture In the
papers. The further fact that no news
paper correspondent will be permitted
to accompany him to Africa and his
declared purpose that when lie visits
Europe at tlie end of the African trip
It will be quietly and without ostenta
tion are actions in kind. Is this a new
Roosevelt or only a new view of the
old Roosevelt? At any rate, it Is so
novel and welcome that I for one have
not yet recovered from the wonder
of It.
Will He Come Back Alive?
Professor Frederick Starr of the Chi
cago university, himself an African
traveler of some note, has been report
ed as saying that Roosevelt will never
return from the dark continent alive—
not that the beasts will get him, but
the fevers. Ex-Senator Thomas C.
Piatt, who admits that he made Roose
velt governor and vice president, says
the same tiling, and, while Piatt is not
an authority on Africa, he should be an
expert on death—at least of the polit
ical variety. On the other hand. Carl
Akely, the taxidermist of the Field niu
seum. who has been over practically the
same ground that Roosevelt will trav
erse, says the ex-president will be as
safe in Africa as he would be in Oyster
Ray and safer than in Chicago. Where
doctors thus disagree 1 suppose the rest
of us are entitled to form our on n con
clusions. At any rate, I am going to
form mine, and here It Is: Neither Pro
fessor Starr nor Senator Piatt nor all
the pessimists combined can kill off j
Theodore Roosevelt In Africa. In spite !
of fevers, mosquitoes, tsetse Hies" j
sleeping sickness and beasts of the jun
gle, he will come forth unscathed. Has
he not braved Harriman and the nnl
tnals of Wall street? Has Africa any j
terrors for him after that? Not any.
Has he not agreed to lecture at Berlin
In German, Paris In French, Oxford In |
i
More Effective.
Father (angrily)—lf my son marries I
that adventuress I shall cut him off
absolutely, and you can tell him so.
Legal Adviser—l know a better plan '
than that—tell the girl.—Exchange.
*• A Cheerful Greeting.
Augustus—Hello, old man! How nre |
you and how nre your people ami all |
that sort of silly rot?— London Globe, j
A good conscience Is to the mind
what health Is to the body.—Addison
IV MR. ROOSEVELT AND ills SON
: COLLAPSIBLE BATHTUB.
specimens collected will be sent. It
was renor ed recently that F. C.
Selous. the famous African hunter,
will also join the party.
At Naples the members of the expe
dition will take a steamer for Kllin
dlni harbor. Mombasa island, which
they will reach about the end of April.
They will then proceed by the Uganda
railway to Nairobi, which will be their
base of supplies for the big hunt. Nai
robi is 327 n.iles up the line from Mom
basa. In this section of Africa there
are two rainy seasons, one in the
spring and another shorter one In the
late fall. The aim of Mr. Roosevelt
and his associates Is to take advantage
of the six months between the two
seasons. In October the expedition will
goon by rail to Port Florence, on Lake
Victoria Nyanza, making a journey of
584 miles by rail all told. It will then
cross the Uganda by caravan, doing
some bunting and exploring doubtless
on the way, and then will pass down
the whole length of the Nile, reaching
Khartum about April, 11)10. There,
according to present plans, it will be
joined by Mrs. Roosevelt, who will ac
company hrr husband down the river
to Cairo. •
Here the expedition will separate,
the scientists returning at once to the
United States, the Roosevelts proceed
; lng to Europe, where they will spend
a year on the continent and In Eug
i land. During this time Mr. Roosevelt
i will deliver the Romanes lecture at
| Oxford, will give an address at the
I Sorbonne, In Paris, and another before j
I the University of Berlin, In which city '
lie will be the guest of the kaiser. He ,
| will also visit the home of his ances- j
, tors In Holland and there will proba
| bly speak again. Each of these lee-1
J tures, as before mentioned, will be in j
I the language of the country In which ;
it Is delivered. Here Is the bare out
line of the two years' outing as it lias
been given to the press, presumably
! from inspired sources. Flesh the skel
i eton with action, adventure, danger,
exploration, discovery, slaughter, rougt
riding, strenuDßlty—ln a word, wltl j
Just Suited Him.
"Miss Pansy, yo' suhtlngly has got I
well developed ahins, ef yo'll pahdon j
uia sayln' so."
"Ah developed dem ahms workin"
ovah de waslitul), Mistah Rufus."
i "Um—um—er—Miss Pansy, will yo'
be ma wife?"— Denver Post.
The Entomologist's Boon.
X*rofessor (to his aged cook)— You
I have now been twenty-five years In
my service, Regina. As a reward for
your fidelity I have determined to
name the bug I recently discovered
after you Fllegendu Blatter.
Theodore Roosevelt—and the result
will lie some semblance of what the
thiug will be In Itself.
Everything Collapsible.
The guide to the Roosevelt party will
be the English naturalist and African \
hunter It. J. CuuiiiKharae, who haR )
been over the ground where the hunt J
will take place. Mr. Selous and Cuu- I
inglinme have been buying the outfit J
for the expedition and shipping it to
the front. Practically all of it has i
been purchased in England, but our j
American tentmakers can hardly ob- I
joct, as they are not in the habit of
outfitting African hunt parties. Be
sides. this stuff will not have to pay a j
tariff. It consists of the most up to |
date material and will furnish Mr. ]
Roosevelt the nearest thing to a travel- j
ing palace that is possible under the
circumstances. He will have most of
the luxuries of civilization, including a !
bathtub. Everything is collapsible ex- I
ccpt the guns. They make other things
collapse.
Po advanced has this art of compact 1
packing grown that soon one can carry j
the materials for a house in his pock- j
et. Roosevelt will have collapsible
buckets, collapsible spades, collapsible
water coolers, collapsible tiltor pumps, !
collapsible tables and chairs, a collapsl- j
bio mirror, a walking stick that can be 1
expanded into a stool and even a bath
tub that can be folded like the prover
bial "touts of the Arabs." As for the
Itoosevolt tents, they will be stowed
nway in bags like those for golf sticks.
The native "boys" that accompany the
expedition and pack the loads will be
collapsible also and will disappear
swiftly and miraculously whenever
danger looms In sight.
Tlie color of Mr. Roosevelt's tents
will be green to be In harmony with
the surrounding foliage. It is some
times desirable not to attract too much
attention. The African animals have a
highly developed artistic taste and ob
ject to violent effects In the color
scheme. A white tent Is an offense to
their eyes, and they are liable to do
things to it. The rhinoceros is espe
cially sensitive In this regard and will
charge through a white tent in a most
rude and 111 bred fashion. Numbering
elephants, prowling lions and very long
snakes are also most curious about
white tents. It is advisable not only to
hunt African game without a brass
band, but to advertise the matter Just
as little as possible. This is one place
whore Joseph Pulitzer's "publicity,
publicity, publicity," should be sternly
repressed
Guns, Guns and More Guns.
] As for firearms, the Roosevelt outfit
I wltt carry along an arsenal sufficient
| to arm a South American revolution.
It will look like carrying the war Into
| Africa with a vengeance. There will
j be puns enough to shoot up the whole
| continent. There will be guns for big
j game and guns for little game, guns
j for elephants and guns ranging all the
l way down to those intended for wart
| hogs. Moreover, every man with the
J expedition, including even the native
benrers, will know how to shoot. They
j will have to. Where it is a case of kill
i or be killed it is up to the human aul-
I tnnl to "do it first."
Most oft. e hunting will be done In
! (lie region nbout Nairobi. In this sec
j tlou of Africa are more animals than
there are trusts ou Manhattan Island
' or lobbyists in Washington, and that is
J getting well nlong toward Infinity. The
tall grass Is full of them. The hunter
i does not know what moment he will
flush a covey of hippopotamuses, rout
out a lion or scare up a grunting rhi
noceros. On one hand he will run Into
I a flock of elephants and on the other
( stir up an African leopard or a herd of
bison, in the meantime he is liable to
! step on an;, kind of snake, from one
four feet In length to a wriggling
j monster seemingly as long as the fa
bled sea serpent. Iti such an environ
ment the hunter needs not only guns,
but nerves; also, on occa.-loii, logs. A
hunter who cannot do a tall stunt at
running is liable to be out of the game
In short order. There are times when
the only thing possible is to take to
the tall timber. When the armored
| cruiser of the veldt, the rhinoceros,
gets under full sail there is nothing to
be done but run or climb. The beast is
invulnerable to bullets except at two
• or three spots, and unfortunately none
\ of these is exposed when lie Is mak
ing a head-on charge. A rhinoceros
will charge anything from a locomo
tive to an elephant. And anything he
charges he puts out of commission.
Roosevelt and Sleeping Sickness.
Another tough customer is the Afri
can buffalo. He is a treacherous brute,
luring his pursuer Into an ambush and
then charging him before he can get
out of the way. A wounded elephant
is also a difficult proposition. He is
hard to kill and fights to the last, his
trumpetings calling up other elephants
to Join the chase. As for the lion,
while exceedingly dangerous by night,
he Is not so formidable to hunt by day
as several of the beasts already men
tioned.
The Roosevelt hunt looks rather ter
rifying and hair raising at this tils
tance. When the chief actor in it.
however, reads the numerous predic
tions that he will never come out allvt
he only stn!'es In an amused way and
goes on with his packing.
The greatest danger to life in Africa
is from what is known as the sleeping
sickness, and from his sizzling activity
during the past seven years it Is the
last disease that will ever attack Theo
dore Roosevelt.
Harbinger of Baseball.
The pitcher now begs to announce
He has a brand new curve,
On which no batter chap can pounce
And make It fenceward swerve.
It has a kind of corkscrew turn
That must preclude a swipe
From which announcement we raa, \
learn
The season's almost ripe.
—lndiana noils Nrwi
The Coyote to the Rescue
For the first time in all history, It Is
believed, the coyote who serenades the
moon to a distraction of welrdness has
a defender. The fruit growers of the
northwest find the jack rabbit a mul
tiplying enemy. His for the
bark of young fruit ' trees concerns
them greatly. They reflect that the
hunted and all but exterminated coy
ote is the only thing on earth that can
and does run down a Jtck rabbit, and
so they propose laws ordering man's
bands to no longer be raised against
iha coyote.
In Mot Water.
"Typographical errors," said a wrlt»
er, "are continually cropping up. C
called for a magazine editor the other
day to take him out to luncheon. A*
he was getting gratefully into his coat
a man entered.
" 'llo you read your magazine?' the
man asked.
" 'I do," replied the editor.
" 'Have you read the new number,
the one that came out yesterday?"
" 'I have.'
" 'Have you read my poem, "To Ga
briellc," on page 117'''
" 'N-no.'
" 'No! Well, in that poem I wrot<»
the line, "I love you better than I love
.my life.'"
"'A neat line—neat and well turned,"
said the edlior soothingly.
" 'And one of the professional humor
ists of j our composing room set it up
to read. "I love you better than I love
my wife.'"
" 'How—er'—
'Than my wife—precisely that. And
| ray wife knows nothing of composing
| room comedy, and she thinks tlie line
; was printed exactly as I wrote it.' " *
China's Four Religions.
\ China has four state established re
-1 llglons, and in each the emperor exer
cises sacerdotal functions. Twice a
, year the emperor as "son of heaven"
worships before the tablet of Shang Ti
or supreme heaven in accordance with
| the anciert Imperial monotheism.
Twice a year he burns incense before
the tablets of bis ancestors l:i accord
ance with Confucianism. Twice a
j year he sacrifices to the gods of Tao
ism and twice a year to the image of
i Ruddha. The ancient and primitive
I religion of China is mon< 'leistic. but
j this direct worship was re carded as
j too sublime for the people, so that It
| became reserved for the emperor alone
j as the "son of heaven" and an priest
jof the nation. The people on their
! part worshiped their ancestors, and it
i was this ancestral religion which Con-
I fucius Identified himself with and re
j formed. The old superstitions rejected
| by Confucius were absorbed by Tao-
S ism, which Is polytheistic and the re
| llglon of the populace. Then Bud
! dhlsm came into China about 05 A. D.
| and, like the other three religions, be
[ came state supported nnd state en
-1 dowed.
} A Sporting Parson.
j The inhibition of a hunting rector
by his Vlshop reminds a correspondent
j that the Rev. Jack Russell, the fn
! mous west country sporting parson.
! was once cited to appear before the
bishop of Exeter to answer charges of
' neglecting his spiritual and parochial
duties, and be was also remonstrated
with for keeping and following a pack
;of hounds. The charges were proved
| unfounded, find Russell refused to
give up the sport, which he continued
to pursue almost to the day of his
I death In 188". at the age of eighty
eight. Resides being an Insatiable
hunter, he was, as his biographer
pithily remarks, "a stanch supporter
of Devonshire wrestlers, a:: admirable
! sparrer and an enthusiast! • t'p'ioldei;
jT»f the virtues of Devonshire t ' .'nnd
cream." And in the pulpit he tried to
| reform conduct rather than to ex
. pound doctrine and was a stern dc
nouncer of bad language, strong
drink and"the filthy tin Wit of smok
ing."—S:. James' Gazette.
Sarcasm In the Commons.
The reluctance of the house . 112 com
mons to adjourn over Derby day re
calls a story related of one of the Ro
man Catholic peers who took their
seats some four or five years before
the passage of the iirst reform bill aft
er an exclusion of a century and a
half. He gave notice that on a certain
day he would make a certain motion,
; whereupon there arose from his noble
colleagues a general cry of "Derby!"
The astonished novice named another
I day, only to be greeted with an equal
ly unanimous expostulation of "Oak.;!"
i At this lie explained that he would
have to ask the forgiveness of their
j lordships; but. having been educated
j abroad, he was forced to acknowledge
that he was not familiar with the list
of saints' days In the Anglican calen
dar
His Glasses.
He came home in the small hou.s
; of the morulng, and his loving spouse
j confronted him with wrath In her eye
1 and a telegram In her hand, saying,
1 "Here Is news that has been waiting.
I for you since supper lime."
| He blinkrd. looked wise and. braced
op against the hatrack, felt through
I his pockets, murmuring, "1 left my
glasses down town."
"Yes." she replied, with scathing
irony, "but you brought the contents
| with you."
Not Grasping.
; "What a grasping fellow you are.
[ Hawkins! You've bothered me about
this bill fifty times in ten days."
! "You wrong me, Jarley. I'm not
! grasping. I've bothered you about the
bill, I admit, but I haven't been able
to grasp anything yet."
A great man Is made up of qualltl 1 *
i that meei n. tr.ek? wiwit occasions.—
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